That was SUCH a Michael move that Ryan did, where he said he wrote something spectacular, performed it, and when it bombed, tried to make it seem like he didn’t write it and also tried to make it seem like he picked that one on purpose. Oh and yes, that was pretty bad.

#15, I actually don’t think Pam is “that person” now. Overall I think she’s still a sweet person for the most part. She rubbed me the wrong way in the deleted scene, I didn’t think it was OOC at all. Even “old Pam” had a mean streak. I still remember when she and Jim laughed at Dwight’s sadness in “The Fire.”

It was from Stress Relief (Ryans’ most famous episode for douche-baggery):D You may have missed it because I believe it was a deleted scene.

Ryan scooped out the inside of the bagel and told Pam to just eat the shell because it will be fewer carbs, then gestures to her belly!

When Ryan tossed her the bagel Pam didn’t have her ‘ugly’ glasses on, so she couldn’t see it coming and it smacked her in the face! It was followed by a great Pam talking head, “Yeah, if I could have seen what he just did, I think I would have gotten angry.”

RE: Pam’s critique of Ryan’s poetry, she is now the hero of every high school English teacher who has to wince through piles of emotive dreck. What would they give to say, “That’s so bad it’s awesome.”

I’m so glad they cut that scene. I know they wanted to be funny and meta with the casting, but it went too far in this scene. It was weird enough in the episode itself, so this was just plain awkward – and not in a good way either.

I think you guys are reading wayyyy too far into it. Forget completely that they are real people and not just characters.

Jim, being the funny guy he is, is making a joke about how couples have “exceptions” and is saying Clark is Pam’s “exception” because he is all groping her and Pam doesn’t mind because he’s a “professional boob grabber”. Jim, being the jealous type is getting worked up over it, and is resorting to humor.

I am really glad they cut out the first part of the third deleted scene. Since when are Jim and Pam so mean to each other? Even if Jim was just kidding and Pam had just given birth, I don’t think they would act like that. But the rest of the scenes were sooo funny, with the carseat and the swaddle.

I was greatly amused by the third deleted scene. Jim rocking his brand new baby. Can’t beat that. Some Jim/Pam snark, come on, that was amusing after all they had been through (19 hours of labor plus however long they were up before that). Their inability to swaddle, then Jim undoing the swaddling. That teeny, tiny baby. Guh. And then the broad humor at the end with the car seat. I didn’t necessarily need to see any of those scenes in the episode,but I did need to see them as deleted scenes. Thanks NBC!

I don’t think Jim or Pam were out of character. We haven’t seen Pam go through labour before, now we know how she reacts in that situation. I really wouldn’t expect her to be all cherry and sweet after 19 hours of labour. Her reactions didn’t seem too crazy out there. I wouldn’t call Jim mean either – he was just joking around. I loved the scenes! The baby is too cute for words! Bring on more deleted scenes please!

and yes jim, that car seat does come with a stroller. it’s the graco quattro tour travel system – nouvelle pattern. that bottom part is the base. it stays in the car. the car seat goes in the base, and can also in the stroller.

Oh, no, they were definitely not out of character — as anyone who has gone through a long labor can tell you, especially if it’s your first child, you are exhausted, stressed, filled with worry that you’re not doing things right, you have no idea how to swaddle a baby who refuses to be swaddled, and you are not only sleep-deprived but emotionally drained. And the hospital staff usually treats you exactly like the nurse — they are there to do their jobs, not teach you how to be parents, even though you think they are there to teach you how to parent.
I think this third scene was particularly on point — and I’m generally a very nice person and I love my husband dearly, but I treated him worse in those first few days after having a baby than during labor!

Love these deleted scenes! I can absolutely relate to Pam’s crankiness. The sleep deprivation involved in giving birth, and the week leading up to it, is really brutal and Jim’s comments weren’t helpful, but typical for The Office. I thought the conversation with the nurse was dead-on accurate. You just want someone to tell you what to do at that point! Please, just tell me what’s best! The whole “well, it’s your choice, we won’t tell you what to do” is infuriating when you are desperate to do the right thing for this amazing new life which is now your responsibility. Great job writers! Loved it.

I know this is comedy, but honestly, every new parent knows that getting the car seat installed is a big one on the “ready for baby” check-off list. I had a hard time laughing at this because for intelligent people like Pam and Jim, it seemed a little implausible that Jim would be so clueless about this.

Jim was being obnoxious(and Pam was testy), but that’s what made it so funny to me. I don’t blame Pam for being angry, but I can’t fault Jim too much either. He wouldn’t be the first husband to stick his foot in his mouth.